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Home My WebLink About26 E Mendenhall St 2021 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD For the Montana National Register of Historic Places Program and State Antiquities Database Montana State Historic Preservation Office Montana Historical Society PO Box 201202, 1410 8th Ave Helena, MT 59620-1202 Property Address: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Historic Address (if applicable): City/Town: Bozeman Site Number: 262 (An historic district number may also apply.) County: Gallatin Historic Name: Original Owner(s): Current Ownership Private Public Current Property Name: Bridger Park Parking Garage Owner(s): City of Bozeman Owner Address: 20 E. Olive St. Bozeman, MT 59771 Phone: Legal Location PM: Montana Township: 2S Range: 6E NW ¼ SE ¼ NW ¼ of Section: 7 Lot(s): Lots 13-24 Block(s): Block F Addition: Original Bozeman Plat Year of Addition: 1870 USGS Quad Name: Bozeman Year: 1987 Historic Use: N/A Current Use: Commercial Construction Date: 2006-2009 Estimated Actual Original Location Moved Date Moved: UTM Reference www.nris.mt.gov NAD 27 or NAD 83 (preferred) Zone: 12 Easting: 497159 Northing: 5058505 National Register of Historic Places NRHP Listing Date: Historic District: NRHP Eligible: Yes No Date of this document: 10/17/2020 Form Prepared by: A. Sakariassen, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. with C. Alegria and C. Hendry, Extreme History Project Address: PO Box 1526, Bozeman, MT 59771 Daytime Phone: (406) 219-3535 MT SHPO USE ONLY Eligible for NRHP: □ yes □ no Criteria: □ A □ B □ C □ D Date: Evaluator: Comments: MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 2 Architectural Description Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Architectural Style: Other (specify) If Other, specify: Twentieth Century Modern Property Type: Commerce Specific Property Type: Parking garage structure and commercial block Architect: Architectural Firm/City/State: Builder/Contractor: Company/City/State: Source of Information: Montana Cadastral records online, accessed 09/07/2020. The property at 26 E. Mendenhall St. is a modern three-story parking ramp garage with an incorporated commercial portion at one end of the primary façade. Built between 2006 and 2009, the structure is rectangular in footprint with exterior walls of concrete and brick, a flat as well as an open roof, and a poured concrete foundation. Large fixed windows and openings for vehicle access and exit are interspersed on the main level. A glass windowed access staircase rises at the east corner of the front façade, projecting out and over the at-grade entry doors for the garage levels. On the front, north-facing façade, the two upper levels of the parking floors are open sided, and fronted with low concrete walls separated by wide columns of brick. At the west corner, a stucco clad section contains a commercial business, accessed from the sidewalk. This modern structure is in excellent condition, and is known as the Bridger Park Garage, operated by the City of Bozeman. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 3 History of Property Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262 HISTORY OF PROPERTY The property is a three-story parking ramp built as a public garage facility with small areas available for other commercial uses, built between 2006 and 2009. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 4 Information Sources/Bibliography Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262 INFORMATION SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY Montana State Library, Montana Cadastral records online, http://svc.mt.gov/msl/mtcadastral, accessed 07/09/2020. Google Earth historical imagery, accessed 12/28/2020. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 5 Statement of Significance Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NRHP Listing Date: NRHP Eligibility: Yes No Individually Contributing to Historic District Noncontributing to Historic District NRHP Criteria: A B C D Area of Significance: Period of Significance: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The recorded building is a modern commercial structure built between 2006 and 2009. It has not reached the 50-year threshold for consideration as a historic property and it does not satisfy Criterion Consideration G (properties that have achieves significance within the past 50 years). Metcalf therefore recommends the property not eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 6 Integrity Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262 INTEGRITY (location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, association) The property is in excellent condition, but is modern and, as such, has no historic integrity. MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 7 Photographs Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262 Feature # 1 Facing: NW Description: Property 262. Oblique view (Image #1633, 10/17/2020. SW). Feature # 1 Facing: SW Description: Property 262. Oblique view (Image #1637, 10/17/2020. SW). MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 8 Site Map Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262 MONTANA HISTORIC PROPERTY RECORD PAGE 9 Topographic Map Property Name: 26 E. Mendenhall St. Site Number: 262